Sunday, February 12, 2012

BIG CAT NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Officials look for hurt tiger cubIBNLive.comThe divisional forest officer of BNP was instructed to tranquillise the big cat immediately and treat its injuries before the wound worsens. “The safari on the Somanakoppa side for tourists will be closed till the treatment is over,” said Principal ...

Leopard kills boy in HimachalHill PostThey were able to rescue the victim from the claws of the big cat , but the seriously injured boy died on way to hospital . It isn't clear why the leopard attacked the boy . Villagers have demanded the shooting down of the animal .

Expedition TigerABC OnlineBig cat cameraman Gordon Buchanan deploys 30 remote cameras far and wide and uses a clever fingerprinting technique to identify individual tigers from their unique stripe patterns. Biologist Dr George McGavin is on a mission to India where he finally ...